Top 10 Fiction Books of 2019

this book pushed all the right buttons to become a new favorite of mine it has the wisdom of an older woman looking back at the exploits of her younger self some with fondness and some with shame

I thought it was a fairly realistic portrayal of a group of people crammed together into a vacuum of success where everyone's neuroses are deafening it read like a real vh1 behind the music episode and I ate it up

this book had more twists and turns than any thriller I have ever read this was just as good as I expected I couldn't stop reading this once I got going

this book is such a Rob it's essentially a vibrant mythology laced road trip with a complicated slow burn romance all written in Technicolor

that book is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice told from the perspective of the servants it was a favorite of mine back in 2017

the quiet power of Fanny Price and of this book in general proved entirely irresistible to me this year nothing captured my heart more than this book

this book is magical and it mimics the River Thames and it's rhythm and it's variable pacing I thought I made for the ultimate winter read

this book is thought-provoking infuriating but skillfully written Joe Baker has some serious talent

she is such an incredibly frustrating character but one whose psychology is so interesting but also heartbreaking to dive into

this book is deeply brainy it will make you ask some serious questions about contact versus contamination about the expanse but also the vulnerability is provided by faith and it will also give you a top-down view of human limitations it is brilliant but it is brutal

the thirteenth tale made my favorites list last year so I knew I had to read her new release

this book is based on real events that Doria Russell lovingly researched and delicately handled in this book she did build out certain events and rearrange others for dramatic effects but everything is really respectfully done while being very powerful